I’ve been sadly stuck with nothing to say for a freakin’ week. I don’t tolerate this well. I said as much to Dr Dyke and he suggested that I had plenty to talk about on class and individual process. I’m still not sure that was entirely helpful.
Anyway, this should be heartily interesting. Especially since someone is bound to be offended with some inadvertently rude comment. Faugh.
Oh, the subject came up when Mike and I were having a conversation with Dr Dyke about personal processes. In fact, instead of talking about it in a more general sense, he asked about our own. Mike had a great answer right on hand. He starts with a subject he wants to know more about; checks with Wiki and uses their imbedded sources to explore to his heart’s content. You should understand that this means he gets a pretty good grasp on the subject with very possibly many viewpoints on the subject.
I, on the other hand, have crap. I think I blathered on about not having an organized system and making connections, which is what happens. Of course, when I say that you have no idea what that even means. So, I’ll tell you. I let information come and filter to me with no intent or purpose. I don’t go find books on topics I’m interested in; books happen into my life when people give them to me or I find a book on a shelf in a bookstore that calls my name.
This passivity on my part plays in to my fears that I’m a wide shallow sea. I know about lots of things, but I’m the master of nothing. No wonder I can’t decide what I want to be when I grow up. Faugh.
(In a side discussion on that same day, we were talking about the sociology of waiting tables…partially ’cause it’s interesting and partially ’cause it is what I do for a living at the moment. In that discussion, various kinds of prejudices came up and when I stated that I’m not really the sort to change the level of service based on something exterior, Dr Dyke said it’s ’cause I don’t ritualize social interaction enough for that. Ritualized social interaction=prejudiced behavior. That was a revelation. I’m still kinda reeling.)
I want to talk about classmates’ processes, but I find myself completely stymied…
I think most of the education systems I’ve run into have gone over-board with instilling a distrust for Wikipedia. Yes, it’s user-edited; yes, you can write unsubstantiated shit on there if you want. But I firmly believe that Wikipedia has it’s place as a legitimate resource in the academic toolbox, if used wisely and responsibly. Blind faith in it is foolish; but as an rough estimate or orientating source, it’s damn good.
Don’t worry about not saying much. Sometimes its best to listen. Then again, there are days when I’m feeling spiteful and glare at our other classmates to speak. Sometimes I make funny faces just to get their attention. :)
is there an edit button here, i forgot the apostrophe between the t and s for “it’s”. Cheers :P
Sadly, there is no edit button.
@Mike: I wasn’t dogging Wiki! I swear. I agree with you, but I was saying that I don’t even get that far. Remember, I confessed to buying a book on how to teach yourself Old English!
@Rimoni: Seriously. I’m now gonna stare you down in class in so much as I possibly can!